Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video837 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Downtown results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 37.8% saturation with 1,266 hits. Analysis detected 6,356 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,348 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠83% (2,887 of 16,562 topics). This Downtown is worse (more manipulative) than 82.60% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 3,348
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

83% percentile
025507510082.6% percentile
6.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 37.8%37.8%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 21.7%21.7%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 14.6%14.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 11.0%11.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.6%6.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 28.3%28.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 37.8%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 28.3%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 27.5%, sitewide 26.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 21.7%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 11.0%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.4%Red Herring: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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